Lamp-burner.



PATENTED JAN. 2, 1906.

W. M. MERCHANT. LAMP BURNER.

APPLICATION nun MAY 26, 1905.

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Attorneys.

WILLIAM M. MERCHANT, OF GARRISON, IOWA.

LAMP-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. .2, 1906.

Application filed May 26, 1905. Serial No- 262 4'71.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. MER- CHANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Garrison, in the county of Benton and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Lamp-Burner, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lamp-burners.

The object of the invention is in a ready, eificient, and practical manner to obviate detaching the burner from the font or reservoir when filling the same and to support the burner from the font in such manner as while free access may be had thereto for the purpose of filling all dripping from the wick will e caught and returned to the font, thereby to prevent soiling of the support upon which the lamp may be placed and, further, removing an element of danger that is always present where spilled kerosene is freely exposed.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a lam burner, as will be hereinafter fully describe and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation Y exhibiting a lam -burner equipped with the improvements 0 the present'invention. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation, partly in section, showing the burner with the improvements in operative relation to the font or reservoir.

Referring to the drawings, L designates a font or reservoir and B a burner, and as these parts may be of the usual or any preferred construction further description thereof is deemed unneccessary.

The present invention resides in the novel attachments to be combined with the burner, whereby the latter may be supported from the font when being filled and whereby, further, any dripping from the wick may be re turned to the font, thereby to prevent greasing" either the hands of the person filling the lamp or the support upon which it is resting. The means for supporting the burner from the font while the latter is being filled, as shown in Fig. 2, consists of two members or arms 1, each a counterpart of the other, constructed from a piece of wire bent upon itself and having the terminals secured to the burner-boss b in any preferred manner, as by being soldered or riveted thereto.

The supporting members 1 have their lower terminals 2 outturned in opposite directions to present stops which will prevent the accidental se aration of the burner from the font and wil also engage the inner walls thereof to hold the burner in an inclined position, as shown. As shown in Fig. 1, the members diverge outward toward their terminals, this for the purpose of causing them to engage frictionally with the burner-collar C and also to cause the stops 2 to project under the shoulder ofthe font, thus to efiect a positive coaction between the parts. Of course when the burner is to be removed it will be only necessary to flex the members 1 toward each other to permit the stops to clear the collar 0.

Combined with the boss I), intermediate of the members 1, is a gutter or trough 3, in which the wick Wis adapted to rest when the burner is moved to the position shown in Fig. 2, thereby to direct any oil escaping from the wick back into the font, the gutter or wick-support being of a sufficient length to project within the collar when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2. The gutter will be of greater width than the thickness of the wick in order to preclude any escape of the oil laterally past it, and its lower end 4 is laterally flared or flattened to present a broad bearing-surface to bear upon the collar, thus to obviate any tendency of the burner to rock.

As stated, the gutter and members 1 may be secured to the boss in any preferred manner, and as one example of securing this re sult the terminals 5 of the members are bent at right angles to their length and are soldered to the boss, the upper terminal of the gutter being provided with lateral flanges 6, which are similarly secured to the boss.

In the use of the device the burner is turned until its threaded boss is out of engagement with the collar, and the burner is then lifted until the stops 2 engage with the inner wall of the font at its neck, whereupon the burner is tilted to cause the gutter to rest upon the collar, and when in this position the burner will be positively held against movement, while the wick will be supported by the gutter and all drippings therefrom returned to the font. After the filling of the font is completed the burner is then combined with the font in the usual manner.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that although the improvements herein defined are simple in character they will be thoroughly efficient in use for the purposes designed and may readily be combined to the burners already on the market without requiring any change whatever in their structural arrangement.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. The combination with a lamp-burner, of supporting members permanently combined therewith and having their free termi nals provided with stops, and a channeled wick-support also permanently combined with the burner.

2. The combination with a lamp-burner, of a pair of resilient supporting members permanently combined therewith and provided at their free ends with stops, and a combined guttervand wick support also permanently secured to the lamp-burner and having its free end transversely flattened.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM M. MERCHANT.

Witnesses:

EDWARD BAKER, A. CAVANAUGH. 

